Bottle



Patented' DBC. 27, BCITTLE.

(Application led Apr. 7, 1897.)

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No. 6I6,7l0.

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UNITED TATES l MILLARD FILLMORE HUDSON, Or OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,710, dated December2'?, 1898.

Application filed April'7, 1897. Serial No. 631,192. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MILLARD FILLMORE 'J HUDSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at the city of Oakland, in the county 5 of Alameda and State ofCalifornia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bottles, ofwhich the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to an improvement i in bottles by means of acontrivance introduced into the neck; and the object of my improvementis to renderbottles nOn-rellable after having been once used.

I attain this object by the oontrivance illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure lis a vertical section; Fig. 2, a perspectiveview of the cone marked G in Fig.

A l, illustrating its structure; Fig. 3, an eXterior view particularlydesigned to illustrate the perforations ZJ and bb; Fig. 4, a verticalsection illustrating the action of the ball E f when placedhorizontally; and Fig. 5, a ver- ;tical section, inverted, designed toillustrate the action of the ball E, the plate F, and theq coursefollowed by the escaping liquid.

The same reference -letters refer to the same parts throughout all theviews.

The cylinder A is a shell within which the 3o other parts are placed.Extending around 4o dicularly downward from the top. A. series of smallholes b pierce the cylinder horizontally from a point just below theridge a and open into the opening B and are designed to permit freepassage of liquid from the annular chamber H into the opening B, and

thus out of the bottle-neck, and the whole designed, by reason of thetortuous shape of the passage, to prevent interference by theintroduction of a wire or other instrument.

5o Another circular cylindrical opening extends f upward from the bottomdivided into two.

sections C and D. The diameter of section vbottle is irst filled withliquid.

D at its bottom is the same as that of section C; but it has a greaterdiameter at its top, the wall being sloped and designed to hold securelyin position the cone G.

G maybe described as an inverted hollow truncated cone, made of elasticmaterial, designed to fit the interior wall of section D. Itsupports-the plate F, and the ball E rests upon the plate. When theplate F is removed, the hole through the center of the cone G forms thevent-hole for the passage of liquid from the body of the bottle into thesection C, and thence through the holes bb, &c.

C, the upper section of the lower excavation, is conical. It has a flatroof of small diameter joined to its main wall by a sloped 4the ball E,which rests upon its concave upper surface. E is made of heaviermaterial than F and preponderates it. When thecontrivance is turned uponits side, as in Fig. 4, the ball slides or rolls forward upon c-viz.,the sloped section of the wall of the conical chamber C-and thus pressesagainst the plate or disk and continues to hold it steadily in position.

The manner of its use is as follows: The The annular ridges of thecontrivance d and da are then coated with cement and the contrivance ispushed down into the bottle-neck. The bottle is then corked in theordinary way and is ready for shipment or use. lVhen it is desired towithdraw the liquid, the cork being drawn, the bottle is turned upsidedown and the parts assume the position shown inl Fig.

' 5. The ball E and the plate F fall, thereby removing the obstructionsto the flow of liquid through the vent-hole through the center of thesection G and through the holes b, dto., as shown by the arrows.

It rests upon the IOO I am aware that prior to my invention a ball wasused to close a venthole,and to hold a disk or plate in positioncovering and closing a Vent-hole, and a plate or disk was used to coverand close a vent-hole. I therefore do not Wish to be understood asmaking claim, broadly, to such ball and plate or disk; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

rlhe combination with a bottle, of an integral cylinder in the neckthereof, having upper and lower ridges and reduced intermediate portionforming an annular chamber, said cylinder having a centrally-disposed,vertical opening in its top With holes leading transversely therefrominto said annular chamber, said cylinder having, also, an opening intoits bottom forming an internal chamber havoppositely-disposed conicalends, an elastic Washer or cone fitted into the lower conical end ofsaid internal chamber, a disk or plate Within the chamber and adapted tonormally rest upon said Washer or cone to close the inlet to the chamberand a second series of holes leading from the chamber vto thesurrounding annular chamber, anda ball in said internal chamber normallyresting on the disk or plate to retain it on its seat, the inclinedWalls of the upper conical end of the internal chamber serving to holdthe ball against the disk or plate when the bottle is partly inverted orlaid on its side.

MILLARD FILLMORE HUDSON.

Attest:

FRANCES ELLA Soorr, II. J. LANG.

It is hereby certified' that in Letters Patent No. 616,710, grantedDecember 27, 1898, upon the application of Millard Fillmore Hudson, ofOakland, California, for an improvement in Bottles, an error appears inthe printed specification requiring oorreotion, as 1follows: In line 18,page 2, the Word hav- 7 should read having; and that the said LettersPatent should loe read with this correction therein that the saine mayconform to the record of the oase in the Patent Office.

Signed, oountersigned, and sealed this 7th day of February, A. D., 1899.

[SEAL] WEBSTER DAVIS,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Countersigned C. H. DUELL,

Commissioner of Patents.

